2025 Week 5

Who the Experts Like

2025 Week 5Final Edition

The top names mentioned by experts this week

Woody Marks (Hou RB) $36 Avg

8 of 9 experts

Jaxson Dart (NYG QB) $5 Avg

8 of 9 experts

Darren Waller (Mia TE) $7 Avg

7 of 9 experts

Kendre Miller (NO RB) $5 Avg

7 of 9 experts

Darius Slayton (NYG WR) $10 Avg

7 of 9 experts

Highest Bids of the Week

2025 Week 5Final Edition

At Each Position

Highest RB

Woody Marks (Hou RB) $36 Avg

Highest WR

Wan'Dale Robinson (NYG WR) $13 Avg

Highest QB

Marcus Mariota (Was QB) $5 Avg

Highest TE

Darren Waller (Mia TE) $7 Avg

Everything the experts said this week

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Column Definitions
  • Expert Count: How many experts mention a player
  • Avg: Average of all expert suggested bids
  • Trimmed Mean: Avg minus the largest and smallest suggested bids (minimum count of 4 bids)
  • Community: Average of what signed-in visitors say they would bid, with the number of votes in brackets
  • Highest and Lowest: On each row, the expert who bid the most is marked $40 and the one who bid the least $5; a range counts as its middle
2025 Week 5 Waiver Wire Running BacksFinal EditionRB
PlayerTeamExpert CountAvgTrimmed MeanCommunityBleacher ReportCBS SportsFantasy AlarmFantasy ProsFantasy SPRoto BallerThe One Week SeasonThe Sporting NewsYahoo Sports
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Woody MarksHou8$36$34—$25–$35$25$50–$100$35$6–$8$45–$55$15$49
Kendre MillerNO7$5$5—$1–$2$5$1$3–$4$8–$10$5–$6$9
Kenneth GainwellPit5$7$6—$4–$7$15$3$6–$8$4
Justice HillBal3$4N/A—$5–$10$1$3
Tyjae SpearsTen3$4N/A—$6$5$4
Emari DemercadoAri3$2N/A—$1$1$5
Sean TuckerTB2$13N/A—$10$10–$20
Chris Rodriguez Jr.Was2$5N/A—$5$3–$4
Jaydon BlueDal2$2N/A—$1$2
Isaiah DavisNYJ2$1N/A—$1$1
Rachaad WhiteTB1$5N/A—$3–$6
Tyler AllgeierAtl1$5N/A—$3–$6
Zavier ScottMin1$5N/A—$5
Blake CorumLAR1$1N/A—$1
Brashard SmithKC1$1N/A—$1
Emanuel WilsonGB1$1N/A—$1
Ollie Gordon IIMia1$1N/A—$1
Rico DowdleCar1$1N/A—$1
2025 Week 5 Waiver Wire Wide ReceiversFinal EditionWR
PlayerTeamExpert CountAvgTrimmed MeanCommunityBleacher ReportCBS SportsFantasy AlarmFantasy ProsFantasy SPRoto BallerThe One Week SeasonThe Sporting NewsYahoo Sports
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Darius SlaytonNYG7$10$10—$2–$4$15$5$3$12–$16$15–$20$12
Wan'Dale RobinsonNYG6$13$11—$6–$9$2$4–$6$20–$23$10$29
Romeo DoubsGB6$10$12—$15$1$2–$3$12–$16$15$14
Luke McCaffreyWas5$1$1—$1$1$1$1$3
Elic AyomanorTen4$8$8—$5$10–$15$6$7–$10
Malik WashingtonMia4$5$4—$1$1$5–$7$10–$13
Isaiah BondCle3$4N/A—$1$5–$7$3–$4
Jalen TolbertDal3$2N/A—$1$2–$4$2–$3
Jalen CokerCar2$5N/A—$5$4
Marvin Mims Jr.Den2$3N/A—$1$5
Jalin HyattNYG1$6N/A—$5–$6
Troy FranklinDen1$6N/A—$6
KaVontae TurpinDal1$3N/A—$2–$4
Nick Westbrook-IkhineMia1$3N/A—$3
Kendrick BourneSF1$2N/A—$1–$2
Demarcus RobinsonSF1$1N/A—$1
Greg DortchAri1$1N/A—$1
Hollywood BrownKC1$1N/A—$1
Roman WilsonPit1$1N/A—$1
2025 Week 5 Waiver Wire QuarterbacksFinal EditionQB
PlayerTeamExpert CountAvgTrimmed MeanCommunityBleacher ReportCBS SportsFantasy AlarmFantasy ProsFantasy SPRoto BallerThe One Week SeasonThe Sporting NewsYahoo Sports
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Jaxson DartNYG8$5$4—$2–$4$5$5$3$1$3–$5$15$4
Sam DarnoldSea3$2N/A—$1$5$1
Matthew StaffordLAR2$4N/A—$5$1–$3
Bryce YoungCar2$3N/A—$1$4
Carson WentzKC2$1N/A—$1$1
Cooper RushBal2$1N/A—$1$1
Michael Penix Jr.Atl2$1N/A—$1$1
Marcus MariotaWas1$5N/A—$5
Tua TagovailoaMia1$5N/A—$5
Russell WilsonNYG1$1N/A—$1
2025 Week 5 Waiver Wire Tight EndsFinal EditionTE
PlayerTeamExpert CountAvgTrimmed MeanCommunityBleacher ReportCBS SportsFantasy AlarmFantasy ProsFantasy SPRoto BallerThe One Week SeasonThe Sporting NewsYahoo Sports
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Darren WallerMia7$7$6—$15$15–$20$1$4–$6$3–$4$1–$2$5
Brenton StrangeJax5$4$4—$5$5$1$3–$4$4
Jake TongesSF4$1$1—$1$1$1$1
Theo JohnsonNYG4$1$1—$1$1$1$1–$2
Mason TaylorNYJ3$4N/A—$1$5$6
Dalton SchultzHou3$1N/A—$1$1$1
Tommy TrembleCar2$1N/A—$1$1
Harold Fannin Jr.Cle1$7N/A—$6–$8
Davis AllenLAR1$1N/A—$1
Elijah ArroyoSea1$1N/A—$1